Dollmaking

Drawing Faces

Learn to develop your own unique way of drawing and painting faces using permanent pens on a wide range of fabrics for doll faces.Make faces for the dolls you want to create or bring your dolls that you want to create faces for!
One-Day 9:00am – 5:00pm
$100 plus $6 materials

Needle-Sculpting Face – Expressive Faces

Learn Jennifer’s techniques for making these expressive and
whimsical faces starting with a piece of flat knit fabric. These faces can be used on the Hand Puppets, made into brooches, or for your own one-of-a-kind dolls.
One day – 9:00am – 5:00pm
$100 plus $6 materials fee

Needle-Sculpting Faces – 2-Piece Faces

Learn Jennifer’s techniques for making 2-piece (profile) faces with fine knit fabric. These faces can be used on the Glamour Girls, Button Jesters, or your own uniquely designed dolls.
One day – 9:00am – 5:00pm
$100 plus $6 materials fee

Making the Button Jester Doll

An 18″ tall poseable doll, the Button Jester can be hung on the wall or can sit since all body parts are from knit fabric. It’s easy to assemble and learn how to needle-sculpt 3-D faces, too.Two days – 9:00am – 5:00pm
$200 plus $18 materials fee

Making the Leotard Angel Doll

Create this lovely wall-hung angel who clutches a heart to her chest. She’s 14″ tall, has thread hair, and can have a long swinging fringe skirt or an exotic layer of skirts.One day – 9:00am – 5:00pm
$100 plus $15 materials fee

Making the Square Body Lady

Have a fun-filled day creating your own Square Body Lady from your own specialty fabrics, learn how to paint/draw a face on UltraSuede and, best of all, learn how to make endless lengths of fabric tubes (for legs, arms, whatever!).
One day: 9:00am-5:00pm
$100 plus $15 materials fee

Making a Glamour Girl Doll

You’ll create this lovely Glamour Girl using my pattern and your own unique piece of jewelry or necklace embellishment. She’s an 18″ tall poseable doll with a knit body. The first day you will learn to make a needle-sculpted 2-piece face and the body. The next day you’ll create her garments, hat and clothe her.
Two days – 9:00am – 5:00pm
$200 plus $18 materials fee

Making the Big Skirt Lady / Angel Doll

Create your very own 12” tall wall-hung feminine lady with (or without) her wings. A very simple doll for the beginner, she has metallic boucle hair, a fancy bodice, a sheer floating skirt and iridescent wings, and you’ll learn how to draw her face on UltraSuede.

One day – 9:00am – 5:00pm
$100 plus $15 materials fee

Making the Santa Doll

Get ready for Christmas (or chase away the winter blues) by making your very own poseable 18″ tall Santa doll out of knit fabric.

Two days – 9:00am – 5:00pm
$200 plus $18 materials fee

Whimsical Doll: The Barefoot Sister

Spend the day creating these fun and easy dolls. Learn how to draw a face on fabric, as well as sew hands and feet, while adding your own unique ornament to the front.
One day – 9:00am – 5:00pm
$100 plus $15 materials fee

Please be aware that I do have CATS. You'll probably never see them while you're here as they are very shy.